The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crookbill
Crookbill \Crook"bill`\ (kr[oo^]k"b[i^]l`), n. (Zo["o]l) A New Zealand plover ( Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right.
Wiktionary
crookbill
n. A New Zealand plover (''Anarhynchus frontalis''), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right.
Usage examples of "crookbill".
It would have been a crookbill trilling if they were friends, and a mocker’s cry of alarm had they been clearly unfriendly.
It would have been a crookbill trilling if they were friends, and a mocker's cry of alarm had they been clearly unfriendly.